Paul van de Loo has been at 8 events

This is the Event for our February Self Portrait Challenge: *Love Is...*
There is always quite a divide in feelings about Valentines Day out there, and about Love in general, and we figured that we'd let you guys battle out your feelings about that here on the "Self Portrait Stage" for this Challenge.
Is Love Cruel? Is Love Kind? Is it something else? What is love? Let's see how you can conceptualize this with your self portraits!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Love Is..." theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST February 28th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
I've thrown some of my own self portraits that would loosely fit this theme into an album here: http://goo.gl/zZHbNG
Here are search results for "love self portrait" on Flickr, a great place to view fine art photography, especially self portraiture: http://goo.gl/LkptQc
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Business http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 Digital Holster 10 http://goo.gl/8k0xXo
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Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose Finalists, and then 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in February 2015 (EXIF dat

Hello again !!
Last year, some of us ladies wanted to show our support for #movember and as we cannot grow Moustaches, we thought maybe we can *post our pictures with fake ones* The success of the event was so phenomenal it's time to do it all over again !
thank you so much for all your photos and messages.
This event will be open for the month so please stop by anytime & don't be shy to post your pics,
I have created a donation page called "Ladies Of Movember" you can find it here : mosista.co/isabellefortin
Please don't be shy to post encouraging messages to those affected by cancer. thank you all so much ❤
Lastly, #fckcancer !

*Best wishes......*
I wish you have...12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of success, 8760 hours of good health, 52600 minutes of good luck and 3153600 seconds of joy.
*Happy New Year!*
_Share your photo & your wishes with Us!_
- Not more than three (crazy)pictures;
- Share this item ;-)
- Have fun!

We'll finish our 366 project in several days! Are you happy about it? Or are you sad? Anyway, who not celebrate the fact that we're completing our missions! You can share two shots this time. *Please remember just two images!*
1) Your best or most favorite shot you took in the fourth quarter of 2012 (October- December). Add #Bestof4Q12Creative366 in the comment section after you post the image!
2) Your best or most favorite shot you took for the project this year. Add #BestofCreative366Project in the comment section after you post the image!
If you think those two tags are too complicated, forget them and just two of your images! But please add your comment in the comment section after you have posted them.
*And if you are the one who failed to complete the mission and are thinking you are going to do it again next year, you can add your fav one you took for the project here!*
One last thing: I have made this event "public." I might have missed inviting those who are participating this +Creative 366 Project, so if you know anyone who isn't here but is doing his/her project, please invite them!
366プロジェクトもあと数日で終わりです。うれしいですか。それとも、悲しい？ どちらにしても、長かったミッションの終わりを皆で祝いましょう！ 今回は写真を２枚シェアしてください。 *２枚だけです！*
１．10月～12月にプロジェクト用に撮った写真から、お気に入りの写真かベストの写真を１枚選んで投稿してください。 #Bestof4Q12Creative366 のタグを投稿後にコメント欄に入れてください。
２．プロジェクトのために撮った写真から、今年のベスト（もしくはお気に入り）！ の写真を１枚選んで投稿して下さい。 #BestofCreative366Project をタグとします。
タグが面倒なら、ただ２枚を選んで投稿してくださるだけで結構です。写真のコメント欄に、その写真の思い出などを書き添えていただけるとうれしいです。
そして、このプロジェクトに参加したのに途中で挫折した！来年こそは！という方も、ぜひこのイベントにご参加ください。挫折するまでに撮った写真をシェアしていただければ結構です。もちろん、来年への抱負も添えてくださいね！

The third quarter is going to be over soon!
I'm happy to announce that the event page for the 366ers again. why not share your best or favorite shot you took in the third quarter of 2012 (July 1 - September 30). The date of the event has been set one week after the end of the quarter, so please select one (up to three images) and share it/them here! After you post your photo, please write why you have chosen the image in the comment box. If you have questions about this event page, feel free to leave comment here.
One last thing: Please don't share your entire album here. Sometimes it happens when you press a wrong button. Be careful.
もうすぐ「クリエイティブ366プロジェクト」も９カ月が過ぎようとしています。今回もやります。2012年第三四半期のベストショット、お気に入りのショットを１枚選んでシェアしてください（最高３枚まで）。シェアしたら、その写真の下のコメント欄に、何でその写真を選んだのか、理由などを書いていただけたらうれしいです。イベントの日時は９月を過ぎて１週間後の月曜日に設定してあります。
最後に、間違って366のアルバム全体をシェアしないでくださいね！

*What*
Photographs of holes - anything from a hole in the space-time continuum to the holes in a piece of Swiss cheese
A few suggestions:
Pothole
Nut (as in nut and bolt)
Tunnel
Hole in a wall
etc.,
*When*
Photos can be posted anytime.
Event ends Monday 11.30PM US CT
*Rule:*
Maximum of three photographs.
Other than that, anything goes.
Have fun :)

Hello everybody ! Another party in the Air - share it and invite more friends please !
We have a few simple rules to follow :
----every uploaded image MUST be taken with 50MM LENS
----only TWO ( 2 ) images per photographer - Respect your friends, they also need some spot !!!
lens - everything is going if exist the magic sign *"50mm"* on the body of lens !
Digital or Analog, Lensbaby is also 50mm ( except additional optic systems like 0.42, 35mm or Fish-eye)
subject - feel free for every subject and color, but of course all native attributes of 50mm lens like *Light, Crazy Focus, Dreamy Bokeh, Sharp Details, Cine Look* are highly appreciated !!
you can visit the previous Virtual Black and White Exhibition for inspiration :
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cm951q2luasr8ocommhm5h93s1o
Have a happy 50mm parting !

Please accept my apologies if your one of the few that got hit by a bug in their system!
This is my first event and for some reason Google notified some people 20 times and for some their system was planning on doing that within their calendars for the next 5 years...every single day...20 times a day...how it did or why it would set peoples calendars up to be notified 20 times a day...I don't know.
Hopefully they've got it corrected, if not please let me know.
I know I wanted to help peoples wishes come true but not in that way,
The goal of this event my Birthday is give you as many of my Birthday Wishes as you require...why because you deserve it.
My wish is here is to connect you to the thoughts/ the energy of thousands of people around the world all making a Birthday Wish for themselves from the heart... to you.
I like to Imagine the energy from all those making a wish and the energy coming from the ones that come true(the smiles..the laughter..the tears...the overflowing of pure joy) being connected to you to power your own wish to come true.
Thanks to some theories about Quantum Physics there's no space between you or me or them...topped with the fact they tell us energy is never destroyed, it's gotta go somewhere as each new person joins in, so why not to you to empower your wish to come true sooner rather than later.
Imagine being connected to thousands....millions of others all making wishes...all hoping that your wish comes true for it will help empower their wish.
They've documented several cases of where positive thoughts have made a difference, so why not around someones birthday who can then share it with everyone whose connected to that person...so me for this event.
It's never been done before, so why not now....be part of it. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain as we go day by day, year by year building this community of wish granters.
Now think of an image that represents your wish and then take2seconds to think of that image at least once a day until it comes true.
Have fun with it, there's no right or wrong way when you come from the heart.
Please let us know as each wish comes true...yes each wish...there's no law that says you're only granted one wish...you deserve everyone of them when they come from the heart..when that wish fills you with the passion for life...
*****UPDATE at first I was focused on getting as many people as possible for this so that everyone had more energy but now after reading your comments..hearing your passion for life...the numbers have gone completely out the window for each one of you have brought your own unique energy to the equation that's priceless....THANK YOU
In my world Birthday wishes can be made everyday of the year because it's a celebration everyday that your here to share this with.
So today I Celebrate being 44 and 1 day old.

Update to fix Google Bug for "It's My Birthday and my wish is for your wishes to come true!!"

candid street portrait ~ The Hague, 2017Love the 28mm for street shots, if you can get close enough that is ;)#street #streetphotography #streettogs #candid#streetpics #hqspurbanstreetphotos #hqspmonochrome #btpstreetpro +BTP Street PRO

candid street portrait ~ The Hague, 2017Love the 28mm for street shots, if you can get close enough that is ;)#street #streetphotography #streettogs #candid#streetpics #hqspurbanstreetphotos #hqspmonochrome #btpstreetpro +BTP Street PRO___